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Saturday, January 3, 2026
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Topic: Politics

This is how cash transfers are being discussed by global scholars

Dismissing unconditional cash transfers through the parochial logic of ‘unearned assistance is undeserving’ narrows the space for policy innovation and restricts possibilities for social mobility.

Dynasty politics, not patriarchal society, is Haryana’s real challenge: Abhimanyu Singh Sindhu

At the launch of the book Power Pivots, former Haryana finance minister Abhimanyu Singh Sindhu said Haryana is ‘not what we read about from the lens of Delhi. It has changed a lot’.

Not 1952, India’s electoral history started before Independence

Marya Shakil and Narendra Nath Mishra’s ‘India on the Move’ attempts to view events following the JNU event, the farmers’ protest, Balakot strikes and the subsequent unravelling of deep fissures within us.

Old faces & new, foreign leaders in attendance: Glimpses from swearing-in ceremony of Modi 3.0

While Modi took oath as PM for the third consecutive time, new faces that joined his cabinet include J.P. Nadda, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, H.D. Kumaraswamy and Chirag Paswan.

Retired Service members joining parties a matter of pride. It isn’t politicisation of forces

Many retired military officers have successfully transitioned to politics, bringing their leadership skills and experience to the public arena.

Our take on Neeraj Chopra’s gold, Muzaffarnagar slap row, India’s growth in Q1 — in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

INDIA’s challenges for 2024 didn’t exist pre-2014—consolidated Hindu votes, RSS’ acceptance

The biggest threat to INDIA is the breaking of consensus. The PM candidate must be clever enough to prove that they are not a threat to anyone within the alliance.

Off The Cuff: Vir Sanghvi in conversation with Shekhar Gupta

In this edition of ThePrint Off The Cuff, Author & Columnist Vir Sanghvi speaks to ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta on n leadership in modern...

‘NTR: A Political Biography’: Book examines life and times of superstar-turned politician

Published by HarperCollins India, the book will be released on 13 June on Softcover, ThePrint’s online venue to launch non-fiction books.

Subscriber Writes: Political correctness, wokeism & freedom of speech

When a nation's constitution grants its citizens freedom of speech, does it mean that individuals can say whatever they want or are there any reasonable limits to such freedom?

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.